#notallservers
I only use discord as a dm plateform to speak to people from here ton the regular, as a result I am not really entwined in the the drama there and never get to witness it.
If yesterday taught me anything it's that it's a very toxic place and the goal is to verbally dominate others. It's like a cod live chat where people are just hostile to one another to show how they are the most dominant but in this case the discord users seem really serious about it given there's this idea of legacy which can't be said for an ephemeral chat in a game lobby. I listened to some user named Volky argue with another user for something like an hour about who is tougher and who could beat who up.
This behavior goes on for hours it seems and so I can only assume that this is how people are spending their days and is how theiy derive their meaning and worth. They have some strange idea that if they can just run a discord server and be its God then by default they've transcended their transcendental condition.
The fact that users can just make new accounts in conjunction with it being a widely used and available platform otherwise grants them an outlet for misplaced feelings elsewhere, then when bored of being there they try to drag the mentality to other platforms.
The content also doesn't have to be as well thought out, which they justify as "it's faster". I can see why the mentality appeals to some people, but I tend to judge them for it.The content never seems well thought out and that seems to what really makes up the irony. You have individuals spamming some auto-response "Look how X is acting like Y to get me attention" or "Look how X is acting like Y to act like they are not triggered", or "Look how X is responding, everyone can't help but orbit me" and then somehow construed that to being a machiavellian master whom is a God and King. It shows a complete lack of awareness given subverting and taking over a political dynasty made up of highly educated individuals is not really the same a bullying a mentally ill person or teenager.
Do we have an entire generation of people who look like adults but generally have the minds of 7th graders? I really hope not, I am banking on it's just the nature of the plateform and doesn't speak of society as a whole. Then again I've observed philosophy twitter and phd students at harvard and yale are not acting all that differently.
I don't think it's generational. This is how people always were. I think if anything, having a spotlight on it with the freedom of communication we have now, may eventually push us to develop past this to some degree.
I like that and I think I will chose to believe it, it does make sense.
You get to choose? Sounds nice. lol
If I was only exposed to serious and rational actors my whole life, I'd have reason to believe all people are like that while in actuality hardly anyone is.
Humanity does seem to becoming more aware of itself which may be justification for our growing pains. Hopefully they are not too painful, some people fear AI becoming Self-Aware despite it making more sense that we should be more worried about humanity becoming Self-Aware.
I think they go hand in hand. As we become more aware of ourselves as a species, the line between human and machine becomes increasingly ambiguous to us.
To be honest though, I'm more excited than worried. Puberty is always a mess, and that's what we're collectively going through, but it's also wild, and engaging, and honest, and artful. This strange transition we're experiencing now that we're all so much more connected than ever, so much more conscious of the whole, is a pivotal clusterfuck of every unturned stone of the human psyche. I wouldn't miss it for the world. 2020 is damn good TV. : P
I only use discord as a dm plateform to speak to people from here ton the regular, as a result I am not really entwined in the the drama there and never get to witness it.
If yesterday taught me anything it's that it's a very toxic place and the goal is to verbally dominate others. It's like a cod live chat where people are just hostile to one another to show how they are the most dominant but in this case the discord users seem really serious about it given there's this idea of legacy which can't be said for an ephemeral chat in a game lobby. I listened to some user named Volky argue with another user for something like an hour about who is tougher and who could beat who up.
This behavior goes on for hours it seems and so I can only assume that this is how people are spending their days and is how theiy derive their meaning and worth. They have some strange idea that if they can just run a discord server and be its God then by default they've transcended their transcendental condition.
The fact that users can just make new accounts in conjunction with it being a widely used and available platform otherwise grants them an outlet for misplaced feelings elsewhere, then when bored of being there they try to drag the mentality to other platforms.
The content also doesn't have to be as well thought out, which they justify as "it's faster". I can see why the mentality appeals to some people, but I tend to judge them for it.The content never seems well thought out and that seems to what really makes up the irony. You have individuals spamming some auto-response "Look how X is acting like Y to get me attention" or "Look how X is acting like Y to act like they are not triggered", or "Look how X is responding, everyone can't help but orbit me" and then somehow construed that to being a machiavellian master whom is a God and King. It shows a complete lack of awareness given subverting and taking over a political dynasty made up of highly educated individuals is not really the same a bullying a mentally ill person or teenager.
Do we have an entire generation of people who look like adults but generally have the minds of 7th graders? I really hope not, I am banking on it's just the nature of the plateform and doesn't speak of society as a whole. Then again I've observed philosophy twitter and phd students at harvard and yale are not acting all that differently.
I don't think it's generational. This is how people always were. I think if anything, having a spotlight on it with the freedom of communication we have now, may eventually push us to develop past this to some degree.
I like that and I think I will chose to believe it, it does make sense.
You get to choose? Sounds nice. lol
It's starting to feel like everything is an illusion of choice based on the most rational irrational assumptions.
If I was only exposed to serious and rational actors my whole life, I'd have reason to believe all people are like that while in actuality hardly anyone is.
Humanity does seem to becoming more aware of itself which may be justification for our growing pains. Hopefully they are not too painful, some people fear AI becoming Self-Aware despite it making more sense that we should be more worried about humanity becoming Self-Aware.
I think they go hand in hand. As we become more aware of ourselves as a species, the line between human and machine becomes increasingly ambiguous to us.
To be honest though, I'm more excited than worried. Puberty is always a mess, and that's what we're collectively going through, but it's also wild, and engaging, and honest, and artful. This strange transition we're experiencing now that we're all so much more connected than ever, so much more conscious of the whole, is a pivotal clusterfuck of every unturned stone of the human psyche. I wouldn't miss it for the world. 2020 is damn good TV. : P
It is exciting and I have been loving 2020 both for the personal growth that has come along with it and the endless entertainment it has provided.
I only use discord as a dm plateform to speak to people from here ton the regular, as a result I am not really entwined in the the drama there and never get to witness it.
If yesterday taught me anything it's that it's a very toxic place and the goal is to verbally dominate others. It's like a cod live chat where people are just hostile to one another to show how they are the most dominant but in this case the discord users seem really serious about it given there's this idea of legacy which can't be said for an ephemeral chat in a game lobby. I listened to some user named Volky argue with another user for something like an hour about who is tougher and who could beat who up.
This behavior goes on for hours it seems and so I can only assume that this is how people are spending their days and is how theiy derive their meaning and worth. They have some strange idea that if they can just run a discord server and be its God then by default they've transcended their transcendental condition.
The fact that users can just make new accounts in conjunction with it being a widely used and available platform otherwise grants them an outlet for misplaced feelings elsewhere, then when bored of being there they try to drag the mentality to other platforms.
The content also doesn't have to be as well thought out, which they justify as "it's faster". I can see why the mentality appeals to some people, but I tend to judge them for it.The content never seems well thought out and that seems to what really makes up the irony. You have individuals spamming some auto-response "Look how X is acting like Y to get me attention" or "Look how X is acting like Y to act like they are not triggered", or "Look how X is responding, everyone can't help but orbit me" and then somehow construed that to being a machiavellian master whom is a God and King. It shows a complete lack of awareness given subverting and taking over a political dynasty made up of highly educated individuals is not really the same a bullying a mentally ill person or teenager.
Do we have an entire generation of people who look like adults but generally have the minds of 7th graders? I really hope not, I am banking on it's just the nature of the plateform and doesn't speak of society as a whole. Then again I've observed philosophy twitter and phd students at harvard and yale are not acting all that differently.
*Not all servers-
It's really just the mbtimeme and pd servers that are like this. There are some pretty comfy and political servers that don't at all act like this.
Perhaps I should expand my horizons then.
BTW I don't want to look down on people, but to me personally, being able to spend 400 on the spot does not seem to be a flex.
Lets see you do it.
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How can I prove it in a way where I don't have to spend it to beat up some schizoid loser who has not accomplished anything in life and never will? It would make me feel like a loser, too.
Jim's been able to do money flexes without punching people.
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Tell me what I should do and if it is reasonable I will do it.
show us 10k